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HORNSEY OLD PARISH TODAY
...and here is one of the British contributions, with steam emerging from the chimney of the Osprey, a model of the 3-cylinder LNER Class 1 loco designed by Sir Nigel Gresley. Not relevant to Hornsey (though she passed through it in her day) is the 160-ton A4 Pacific Sir Nigel Gresley named after him and sister of the famous Mallard - the holder of the world steam record of 126mph since 1938. I was lucky enough many years ago to have a 50 mile ride on the Sir Nigel Gresley footplate - see next photo...